of counsel Darlington, North East England, England
Job description
Location: Flexible - Hybrid working at our network of locations across the UK
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: c£60,000 + bonus
We have a new, brilliant opportunity for a Qualified Solicitor to join our Group Legal function as our Legal Counsel, primarily supporting our Northgate Group of businesses.
Joining us at Redde Northgate Plc, your role will be critical in managing legal risk by advising and supporting the commercial team and board during the tendering and negotiation phases of commercial transactions, to ensure implementation of relevant risk management policies.
As A Legal Counsel, your day to day will largely involve advising, drafting, revising, and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts and providing legal advice as required by the business on a variety of matters from contract interpretation to developments and changes in relevant legislation.
What’s in it for you?
Salary- c£60,000 depending on experience, with a performance based annual bonus on top.
Annual leave- 24 days, rising to 26 with length of service. Of course, you’ll have public holidays too and we’ll even help you celebrate with an extra day off for your birthday!
Pension- 5% Employer Contributions.
Financial Benefits- save-as-you-earn scheme, employee referral scheme- earn £1,000 per person you successfully refer, free life assurance and access to our Benefits App offering unlimited access to a huge range of retailer discounts and cashback deals (incl. Tesco, Asda, Currys, B&Q & Wickes to name just a few).
Lifestyle & Wellbeing Benefits- discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme with an NHS Approved mental well-being mobile app.
Motoring Benefits- access to an employee vehicle-leasing scheme, free motor accident assistance, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on weekend vehicle hire and van hire.
About you
- First and foremost, you will be a Qualified Solicitor holding a practicing certificate with at least 3-5 years post qualification legal experience in the commercial field as either an in-house or private practise Solicitor.
- You will be experienced in drafting and negotiating contracts, have knowledge of commercial transactions and the ability to look beyond the documentation and consider the business aspects involved.
- You are customer focused with good negotiation and communication skills and ability to build strong relationships with internal clients and external agencies.
- You’ll have sound grounding in commercial law and will ideally have a good level of general legal knowledge in areas such as Procurement.
- You’re able to think of creative solutions and provide guidance and answers rather than ‘the letter of the law’.
- You have sound commercial judgement and commercial awareness with an interest in the wider business and its ventures.
- You’re tenacious with high attention to detail.
- Experience of B2C and B2B debt recovery litigation would be advantageous.
About us
Redde Northgate is the leading integrated mobility solutions platform providing services across the vehicle lifecycle through our broad mix of operating companies. We support our customers through a network and diversified fleet of over 125,000 owned and leased vehicles, together with over 600,000 managed vehicles. Today we are made up of 6,700 colleagues across 175 sites throughout the UK, Ireland, and Spain, and continue to grow.
Be part of our future
If you have the skills and experience required to thrive in this role, we encourage you to find out more by applying today!
